2. Yes, it matters. According to Blue Coffee Brewing. You should warm your cup before pouring the coffee in; this keeps the coffee hot longer. In addition coffee should be brewed “just off the boil”, between 95-98°C. If the coffee is brewed with boiling water, delicate flavours will be lost. If the water is not hot enough you will not extract all of the flavour from the coffee, ending up with a weaker cup.

Hi Darren
Great story. It was a brill night and you will have to come up our way very soon my number is 0044 7938477606. I have a google alert thing set up that lets me know if there is anything online about superfreakz and it came up with your site, it looks good. Ill get a good look at it tomorrow as im heading out to do a sound gig tonight.
Talk Soon
Phil

Hello Mr Byrne. I find your stories unsettling- we have lead an almost exact same life… from bad school days, Galway (I’m persuming your from Galway) , to living in killester- we are even the same age. I wear glasses (sometimes) and have a manbag (I call it a mag). I fear I may be your doppelganger…